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Auction: 15016 - David Tett's Collection of Prisoner of War Mail in East Asia and Dutch East Indies
Lot: 2079

Prisoner or War Mail
Hong Kong
P.O.W. Mail - Camp 'I', Ma Tau Chung (Indian Soldiers)
1942 (28 May) type 1 card from Bhagwan Singh to his brother in India, bears Terada censor seal, circular U.S. censor handstamp in purple "41" and Indian censor handstamp "DHP/9" and the associated violet handstamp and with faint arrival c.d.s. apparently 1942 (8 Dec.). Written from "Indian War Prisoners, Camp I" and there are two items censored. This is from the first mailing and is the same date as the earliest Canadian and British letters. Some creasing and soiling does not detract from this important card being the only example recorded from this camp. Tett fig. 4-3-41. Photo

Sold for
HK$42,000